ANNOUNCEMENT 
It is with great pleasure that we present herewith our catalog for 
season 1935. First of all we want to extend greetings and best wishes for 
a prosperous year in 1935 and to thank each and every one of our cus¬ 
tomers for their patronage during the past year, and hope that we may 
have the pleasure of receiving your valued orders for the coming year. 
Those who have known and bought from the “Boyds” in the past, 
many for a long term of years, of course, need no introduction. To those 
unacquainted with us, we are glad to give the following bit of information. 
Back in the year 1887, J. H. H. Boyd, the founder of our business 
and father of F. C. Boyd, started gathering and selling tree seeds and 
soon after began gathering native trees and shrubs and growing them in 
the nursery. There were few schools at that time in the Cumberland 
Mountains, and little opportunity to attend, so his education was the 
result of his own efforts. His intimate and life long association with trees 
and plants, together with his interest and accurate and correct know¬ 
ledge, made him a leader in the growing of nursery stock. He died in 
1924, and left his work, the nursery, in the hands of his two sons, who are 
trying to carry on the principles of fair dealing established in the be¬ 
ginning. 
Our aim has always been to grow first class nursery stock at lowest 
possible prices, eliminating all unnecessary expenses in growing and mar¬ 
keting, selling direct to the planter fresh dug plants. 
We have tried to give very complete and accurate descriptions. The 
catalog is our only representative, we have no traveling agents. At the 
prices we are quoting in our catalog, it would be impossible to send out 
traveling salesmen; we would lose money, as such salesmen usually cost 
about 40 per cent of the selling price. This also enables you to make up 
your order in your own home, at your leisure, without too much pressure. 
